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It’s easy to enable MMS on your iPhone , and in most cases, it is likely already enabled.
Enabling MMS multimedia messaging service on your iPhone allows you to send pictures, videos, songs, and all sorts of media, especially to people who don’t have iMessage.
While it’s usually a default setting, you might have to make sure it’s on, especially if you’re having trouble sending media.
SMS was early text protocol, from a time when you had a word count limit and couldn’t send pictures. MMS is a newer text protocol that doesn’t have word limits or media restrictions.
Apple’s iMessage is the newest evolution, using cellular data or Wi-Fi to help send messages.
However, sometimes you might not want to use iMessage on your iPhone if you have a limited data plan, for example, or a poor internet connection, or you’d simply rather send text messages the old-fashioned way.
If this is the case, you’ll want to turn off iMessage and only use MMS or SMS. Here’s how to make sure MMS is enabled on your iPhone .
iPhone Xs (From $999.99 at Best Buy)
Again, this is usually turned on by default but if, for example, you’re having trouble sending media, you’ll want to check and make sure MMS is on.
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap on Messages (it should be about halfway down the column that starts with “Passwords & Accounts”).
3. Scroll down to the column with the heading “SMS/MMS” and if necessary tap on “MMS Messaging” to turn the toggle green.
Again, this will cut down on data usage and requirements, though it will add to your cellular text usage.
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap on Messages (it should be about halfway down the column that starts with “Passwords & Accounts”).
3. Tap on iMessage so the green toggle goes to gray.
Once iMessage is off, if for some reason you really want to restrict what content you can text, you can turn off MMS as well, solely leaving you with SMS.
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